The Basin Camping, Olney State Forest

Just before winter peak winter hits, we thought we would make the most of a sunny weekend and head to The Basin Campground which is about 1 hour 30 north west of us situated in the valley between Olney State Forest and the Watagan Mountains.

As we arrived we quickly discovered that most of the best and flat spots were taken. There we were thinking nobody would come camping down here in the winter and cold.

We eventually found a flat enough spot to set up for the night and we headed out exploring the nearby walking trails

The trails meandered through thick bush and vegetation passing some huge trees, pretty cool rock formations and various swimming holes, which I couldn't get down o due to my Achilles repair

Below is one of the obscure rock formations

Katie climbing down from one of the rocky outcrops

And as usual, as the night drew in, we started the fire. Katie and Heath decided to demonstrate their musical their musical talents by playing the ukulele and flute.

Old Ford Reserve Camping, Megalong Valley

Nearing towards the end of autumn and entering the winter months, we decided to do a weekend in the blue mountains before the cold really sets in. The weekend was forecasted to be sunny with a high of 22 and low of 6 at night.

The drive down to Old Ford Reserve was pretty easy. The roads were surfaced with only a few hairpin bends to navigate with the camper. Going down into the valley was the easy part, we were just worried about going back up the hills pulling 2 ton behind. Needless to say, going back up was no issues either! :)

The campground was pretty empty, in fact there were 3 groups including us in total. A few day visitors came along later in the day to go down to the river otherwise we had the campground to ourselves. 

We pitched camp pretty much overlooking the Ford below so we were able to easily access it with dogs

And Queenie could easily access it to practice her balancing skills :)

Most of the day was spent relaxing, chatting, eating and drinking cold ones :)

And of course all of this took place around a campfire to keep us warm.

It was overall a cool spot to camp. It probably wouldn't be ideal for tents due to the uneven ground but it was a nice quiet spot for all. We also encountered native possums at night as they ventured down from the trees. Both rocky and Skyler were intrigued by the sighting :)